A blog post recently surfaced on social media that challenges the Van Tillian Apologists at the website, known as Choosing Hats, to answer this apparent puzzle.[acp footnote]1[/acp] The solution to the puzzle is quite simple, but the puzzle relies heavily on modal logic. As a Clarkian presuppositionalist, I’d like to humbly offer my response. Here […]

Written by Ben Russell The famous philosopher Descartes presented a syllogism to justify his personal existence. It is as follows: “I think, therefore I am.” Although this syllogism is valid, it’s actually based on the logical fallacy known as begging the question. The term “I” is used in both premises and refers to the individual. This assumes that the […]

Written by Ben Russell This is a philosophical problem that has stumped philosophers for generations. It’s basically how everything in the universe has a connection and relation with one or many things. For examples, there are many turtles in the world but there is only one concept of turtle. There are many water molecules but only […]

Written by Ben Russell Epicureanism is strictly a material only worldview and came through a man named Epicurus. Followers of his thinking state only matter exists, however, if only the material exists it could never be known. The laws of logic are not made of matter and isn’t material and is therefore self refuting. Epicureanism is […]